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| Our guide John Coons and Len looking for one last bird in our last birding spot at Lake Charlotte. We plan to stay in Houston for a few days, visiting friends. |
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| A Caracara. |
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| Swallows. |
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| A Painted Bunting. |
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| Dragon flies near the water. |
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| Black-Necked Stilt. |
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| White-faced Ibis |
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| We saw cows everywhere. |
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| A Yellow-Billed Cuckoo gets his caterpillar. |
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| A Reddish Egret catches a fish |
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| Two Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks eat mulberries. |
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| A Roseate Spoonbill digs in the mud. |
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| At the rookery, Smith Nature Reserve, High Island, Texas |
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| A Cattle Egret. |
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| Green Heron on a wire |
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| Crested Caracara on a sign |
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| Roseate Spoonbills far across the ponds. |
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| Sora Rail hiding in the reeds. |
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| Scissors Tail Flycatcher on a barb wire fence (Len’s photo) |
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| A Red-Cockaded Woodpecker. A new species — or “lifer” — for us. |
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| Five of the participants on our birding tour this morning. There are seven of us plus our guide. |
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| One of the many, many warblers we saw today. Unlike most dedicated birders, I’m not really fond of seeing warblers. I like big birds… |
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| … and we did see one wonderful big bird: this Swallow-Tail Kite. (Len’s photo.) |
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| “Simone Biles: Taste of Gold” in the Houston Airport this afternoon. |
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| “Greetings from Houston” a mural by Daniel Anguilu and Frank Nathen, 2020. |
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| A bird! Our plan: A birding tour in the Houston area this week. |
| At the gate in Detroit this morning. The flight went smoothly, I’m happy to say. |
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| A bluebird in the Arboretum (Len’s photo) |
